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303 storiesThree typhoons active near Japan as Typhoon 27 moves north, JMA says
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Oct. 5 that Typhoon 28 (Nolo) and Typhoon 29 (Koguma) had formed, making three active typhoons near Japan with Typhoon 27 (Choi-wan). Typhoon 27 was large and very strong, moving north-northwest …
Typhoon No. 27 moves north near Ogasawara as typhoons 28 and 29 form
Typhoon No. 27, described by the Japan Meteorological Agency as large and very strong, moved north over waters near the Ogasawara Islands and was forecast to approach the islands at very strong intensity from the evening of Oct. 5 to early …
Fishing boat capsizes off Jeju; nine rescued, two missing as search continues
A 29-tonne fishing vessel registered in Sacheon capsized at about 03:04 on October 5 about 65 kilometres northwest of Chagwido, off Jeju, with 11 people aboard. Nine crew — eight Indonesians and one Vietnamese — were rescued and taken to Ha…
Daejeon beekeeper Park Heon-ui becomes city's first agriculture master
Daejeon announced that Park Heon-ui, head of the Daedeok-gu branch of the beekeeping research group under the Korea Rural Leaders Daejeon Metropolitan City Federation, passed the beekeeping category of the 7th Agriculture Master designation…
South Korea forecasts a cold, windy Oct. 6 with a 15C day-night temperature gap
South Korea's weather agency forecast a chilly, clear Oct. 6 with morning lows of about 3-14°C and a day-night temperature gap of roughly 15°C in most regions. Gangwon's inland and mountain areas were expected near or below 5°C, with winds …
Supreme Court hears Boulder climate suit as justices question both sides
The Supreme Court heard nearly two hours of arguments Monday on whether the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, can sue Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy in state court to recover costs tied to climate change. Conservative justices questioned…
Actress Jun Won-ju, 87, says she gifted half her assets to prevent inheritance dispute
Actress Jun Won-ju, 87, said she gifted half of her assets to her two sons and their wives in advance so they would not fight over her estate, speaking on MBC’s “PD수첩” episode “2026 Inheritance War: Time of the Family Left Behind,” which ai…
One worker injured in rock collapse at Vostochny mine in Russia's Primorye
A rock collapse at the Vostochny mine in Primorsky Krai injured one worker, with no fatalities reported. Twenty-two people were in the shaft at the time; rescuers brought the injured miner to the surface and handed him to ambulance crews. P…
Earliest cold wave advisory issued for Gangwon's Taebaek, Pyeongchang mountains
South Korea's Korea Meteorological Administration issued a cold wave advisory for the mountain areas of Taebaek and Pyeongchang in Gangwon Province, effective at 9 p.m. on Oct. 5. Yonhap and the Dong-A Ilbo described it as the earliest cold…
School bus rollover in Florida kills 2, including a 10th grade student
A school bus carrying 39 people flipped onto its roof in a multivehicle crash in Winter Haven, Florida, on Monday morning, killing a 10th grade girl and the driver of a Jeep, authorities said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said an oncoming…
FBI Director Kash Patel and country singer Alexis Wilkins announce engagement
FBI Director Kash Patel, 46, and country singer Alexis Wilkins, 27, announced their engagement on Sunday in social media posts. Wilkins posted a black-and-white photo showing her ring with the caption “Went and got the law involved,” and Pa…
Busan’s ‘Bukkangi’ shark confirmed as endangered heuksangeo, a 3-meter female
The National Institute of Fisheries Science said on Oct. 6 that the shark nicknamed Bukkangi, which has stayed in an artificial channel at Busan North Port’s waterfront park since Sept. 18, is a heuksangeo, a species classified as Endangere…
Korea forecasts clear, chilly weather with 15-degree day-night temperature swing
South Korea's official forecast and local outlets predicted mostly clear skies for Tuesday, Oct. 6 and Wednesday, Oct. 7, with cold mornings and a day-night temperature difference of about 15 degrees Celsius. Tuesday's forecast included mor…
Survey: 41% of Korean nurses faced rights violations; 76% took no action
A Korean Nurses Association survey of 2,105 nurses at medical institutions found 41.0% experienced human rights violations in the past year, most often verbal abuse, according to Newsis and Yonhap. Of those affected, 76.4% took no action, a…
Gulf tropical depression forecast to become Atlantic season’s first hurricane
A tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday afternoon and is forecast to become the Atlantic season’s first hurricane later this week, with a possible US landfall early Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.…
Macron convenes emergency meeting over French student protests
French President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency meeting with ministers on the evening of 6 October over nationwide student protests, with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and education minister Édouard Geffroy taking part. The protes…
South Korea's two-person households to top 30% next year for first time
South Korea's two-person households are projected to make up 30.2% of all households next year, passing 30% for the first time since the estimates began in 2000 and exceeding the combined share of three- and four-person households. One-pers…
SUV hits tree and streetlight in Gwangju, driver in his 30s dies
A man in his 30s died after the SUV he was driving crashed on a road in Maewol-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, at around midnight on 7 October. The vehicle first struck the kerb of a pavement, then hit a street tree and a streetlight in succession b…
2-year-old boy dies after being hit by car in Kamakura city-owned parking lot
A 2-year-old boy died after being hit by a car in a city-owned parking lot in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the morning of Oct 6, police said. The vehicle was starting to move when it struck the boy, according to the Kamakura police sta…
South Korea state housing guarantee firm dismisses employee over YouTube use and fortune-telling side job
The Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) dismissed an employee for neglect of duty after an audit found he spent working hours on YouTube and ran a paid fortune-telling consultation business, according to data a ruling-party la…